Addiction Recovery and Spirituality
Can spiritual practices transform addiction into a path of healing?
4.7 (33)
42 mins
Discover how addiction, once seen as a moral failing, is now understood as a spiritual and emotional hunger for connection and meaning. Explore how practices like prayer, meditation, service, and even transformative experiences with plants like iboga can redirect that hunger into growth, faith, and recovery.
Ep 1:
Spirit Against Spirits: The Sacred Root of Craving
Jung once told Bill Wilson that craving for alcohol is really spiritual thirst in disguise—explore how community, ritual, and meaning transform addiction into belonging.
Ep 2:
From Skid Row to Sacred Ground
Trace addiction's journey from moral failing to recognized disease, and discover how spirituality, art, and movement offer healing beyond the meeting room.
Ep 3:
The Plant, The Wound, and The Awakening
From Bill Wilson's first LSD trip to iboga ceremonies in Central Africa, uncover how spiritual openings—paired with personal responsibility—can dissolve deep addictive patterns.
Ep 4:
Living the Awakening: Recovery as Daily Practice
Spirituality in recovery isn't a single epiphany but a daily practice—learn how ordinary moments become sacred ground for lasting transformation and connection.
Discussions (13)
Emily
Level 10 · 7 mo agoJung's pun isn't evidence. It's magical thinking.
Nevil
Level 5 · 7 mo agoJung claiming drunks are actually reaching for God is rich. Sounds like a fancy excuse for bad behavior.
Emily
Level 8 · 7 mo agoThat story about Jung and Bill Wilson is fascinating! I never realized alcohol and spirituality share the same root word. It makes total sense to me.
